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Charles Barr

Overview
Experience
Biography

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Personal Information

Address:

82 Main St
Ashburnham, Massachusetts 01430
United States
Phone:

203-733-8221
Email:

charlesfbarr@gmail.com

Credentials

Attorney:

Yes
Education:

Suffolk University Law - cum laude Boston College - cum laude CPCU
Degrees:

BA & JD
Designations:

CPCU, ARM
Offering Services as Expert Witness in:

All areas of P&C and Life/Annuity; E&S market; financial condition.
Certified Arbitrator:

Yes

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Work Experience

Current director of an insurance or reinsurance company: No

Former director of an insurance or reinsurance company: Yes

Current officer of an insurance or reinsurance company: No

Former officer of an insurance or reinsurance company: Yes

Insurance Company: 20 (of 40) years

Insurance Company: Underwriting Department, Legal Department, Executive Officer (CEO, COO, CFO, Chief Actuary), Claim Department

Reinsurance Company: 20 (of 40) years

Reinsurance Department: Legal Department, Executive Officer (CEO, COO, CFO, Chief Actuary)

Insurance - related firms: Re/Insurance Broker - 6 years

Other Work Experience: Broker

Breakdown of Experience

Alternative/ Self Insurance/ Risk Management: Plenty

Commercial Liability: 25%

Contract Wording: Extensive

Healthcare: Significant stop-loss experience.

International: Bermuda, UK, Germany.

Life: Variable Life; Variable Annuities; Private Placement Memoranda.

Lloyd's: Advised Lloyd's management companies and syndicates.

Regulatory/Licensing: Managed rate, rule and form department at 3 insurers.

Third Party Administrator: Extensive use of TPAs to manage run-off claims.

By Market

Bermuda/Off- Shore Market: 1-25%

U.K. Market: 1-25%

U.S. Market: 50-75%

ARIAS Experience

Workshops, As Faculty: Life Reinsurance Panel

Arbitration Experience

Number of Arbitrations as an Arbitrator: 50+

Arbitration Experience: As Corporate Representative: Plenty

Arbitration Experience: As Employee Manager: Plenty

Umpire Experience

Number of Arbitrations as an Umpire: 9

Biography

Charley Barr is an attorney, underwriter, expert witness and consultant with over 35 years of in-house experience – 25 at the General Counsel C-Suite level – at P/C, Life and Financial Guaranty re/insurers, two intermediaries and a derivatives dealer. Drafted Variable Universal Life and Deferred Variable Annuity policies and private-placement memoranda.

Mr. Barr worked over 20 years at insurers (General Accident, Reliance, CU, Reliance Life, LWCC, Navigators), over 15 years at reinsurers (General Re, XL Capital, Ariel Re, Cologne Life Re) and 6 years as General Counsel of Benfield-US and later in Aon's Reinsurance Legal Dept. He was a commercial casualty underwriter for Aetna Life/Casualty, is a CPCU and is a member of the bar in CT and MA.